Polar S510 manual

COVER S510 GBR C.fh8 8.3.2001 12:45 Page 1 • OwnIndex™ to reliably pr edict your VO 2max • OwnCal™ the most accurate calorie consumption calculation • OwnCode™ locks out possible interference from other heart rate monitors • Computer communication via audible SonicLink™ and Uplink™ • Cycling features - speed and optional cadence[...]

The Polar S510 offers you various possibilities on customising exercise sessions to fit your personal needs. For example, use the Interval T rainer function to guide you through a complete interval training session. Or , you can choose the functions that suit you best: OwnCal calorie calculation, timers, recovery calculation, speed, cadence, etc. A[...]

CONTENTS A. Getting going ....................... 5 Heart rate monitor parts ......................... 5 Buttons and their functions .................... 6 Easy start ................................................... 8 How to prepare the wrist receiver ..... 8 Installing the Polar Bike Mount ......... 9 Installing the Polar Speed Sensor ...... 9 [...]

A 5 Heart rate monitor parts and their functions The Polar T61™ transmitter detects your heart rate and transmits it to the wrist receiver . The elastic strap holds the transmitter comfortably , yet firmly , in the correct position. The Polar wrist receiver displays your heart rate and cycling data during exercise. Enter your personal settings in[...]

A 6 A 7 STOP SIGNAL / LIGHT RESET OK Signal/ Light T urns the beep on or off. T urns the backlight on. Reset Resets the heart rate monitor . Stop Return - Stops measuring the heart rate. Exits the displayed mode and returns to the previous mode level. Returns to the T ime of day display from any mode by pressing and holding the stop button. OK Acce[...]

A 8 A 9 How to prepare the wrist r eceiver 1. Since the display is blank when the receiver leaves the factory , you have to activate the wrist receiver by pressing the OK button twice, after which the T ime of day display appears. This is a one-off procedure; once you have turned on your receiver you can not turn it off anymore. 2. Y ou may start m[...]

A 10 A 11 How to put the transmitter on 1. Attach the transmitter to the elastic strap. 2. Adjust the strap length to fit snugly and comfortably . Secure the strap around your chest, just below the chest muscles, and buckle it. 3. Lift the transmitter off your chest and moisten the grooved electr ode areas on the back. 4. Check that the wet electro[...]

A 12 A 13 Modes and their functions 4. Press the OK button to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate (beats per minute) will appear in a maximum of 15 seconds. 5. Press OK again. The stopwatch starts running and you can start exercising. The exercise data will only be stored in a file if you have tur[...]

A 14 A 15 *Optional Polar Cadence Sensor required 3. FILE Y our receiver stores the latest exercise information in one complete file : • the start date and time of the exercise • total exercise time • the average and maximum heart rate readings for the exercise session • the recovery value (only BasicSet) • your heart rate limits used dur[...]

A 16 A 17 4. OPTIONS In the Options mode, you can enter the following settings: Exercise settings : you can select BasicUse with no settings or 5 freely programmable BasicSets or Interval T raining Sets T urning the functions on/off : OwnCal calorie counter , fitness test, predicted maximum heart rate Bicycle feature settings : Bike 1 or 2 on/of f,[...]

B 19 B 18 T ime Of Day File Opt ions Fit. T est Connect Exercise Set Function Set Bike Set User Set Monitor Set Watch Set B. HOW TO ENTER SETTINGS This section describes how to manually enter settings by pressing the r eceiver buttons. However , Polar S510 offers you another way as well: pr epare your settings with PC Coach Light softwar e and uplo[...]

B 21 B 20 Options User Set kg/ lbs cm/ feet inch Birthday Sex Activity HR max VO 2max User information settings In the User Set loop you can move forward only by pressing OK. Units 2: setting order is month - day - year . Measuring units depend on the settings in Options/ Monitor Set/ Unit 1 or Unit 2. Units 1 Units 2 W eight kg lbs Height cm ft/ i[...]

B 23 B 22 When you start setting your exercise preferences your first choice is to select whether you want to set your personal exercise set or to exercise with BasicUse option. If you select to start setting the exercise sets, your second choice is whether you want to select BasicSet or an Interval T raining Set. Selecting exercise type Exercise s[...]

B 25 B 24 Setting exercise sets Preset exercise sets ready for five exercise sets; when you start exercising, just select one of the sets. 1. In the T ime of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Press OK to start the exercise settings. BasicUse E0 or exercise [...]

B 27 B 26 Setting timers If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-5. 6. Scroll up or down until desired timer is displayed. Press OK to start setting the timer . 7. Scroll up or down to turn the timer on or OFF. Press OK. T imer OFF: Skip steps 8-9. 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. 9. Scroll up or down to adjust [...]

B 29 B 28 A. T ime-based interval 8. Scroll up or down to adjust minutes. Press OK. 9. Scroll up or down to adjust seconds. Press OK. Interval TIMER appears. Or B. Heart-rate-based interval 8. Scroll up or down to adjust the heart rate that will end your interval. Press OK. Interval Hr appears. Or C. Distance-based interval 8. Scroll up or down to [...]

B 31 B 30 B . RecoHr is displayed. 10. Scroll up or down to adjust the value. Press OK. Recovery Hr appears. Or C. Rec. Dist is displayed. 10. Scroll up or down to adjust kilometres. Press OK. 11. Scroll up or down to adjust hundreds of metres. Press OK. Recovery DIST appears. T o continue your settings, press the stop button or to return to the Ti[...]

B 33 B 32 Bicycle feature settings 1. In the T ime of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until BIKE SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the bike settings. 5. Scroll up or down to start setting the Bike 1 or 2 or turn the bike features of[...]

B 35 B 34 METHOD 2. Mark the tread of the front tire with a line and roll the tire perpendicular to the ground. Y ou can also use the valve as a mark. Mark a line on the ground. Move your bike on a flat surface straight ahead for one complete wheel rotation. Check that the tire is perpendicular to the ground. Draw another line on the ground exactly[...]

B 37 B 36 Cadence* on/off (Cadence) If you start from the T ime of day display , repeat steps 1-5. 6. Scroll up or down until Cadence is displayed. 7. Press OK to start setting the Cadence. On/OFF starts to flash. 8. Scroll up or down to set the Cadence on or off. Press OK. Autostart on/off (AutoStrt) If you start from the T ime of day display , re[...]

B 39 B 38 Options Monitor Set Sound Units Help On/OFF 1/2 On/OFF Monitor settings 1. In the T ime of day display scroll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until MONITOR SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the monitor settings. Sound is displayed. T urning [...]

B 41 B 40 Options Watch Set Alarm T ime 1/2 Date 12h Time mode: month - day - year . 1. In the Time of day display scr oll up or down until OPTIONS is displayed. 2. Press OK to enter the Options mode. EXERCISE SET is displayed. 3. Scroll up or down until WA TCH SET is displayed. 4. Press OK to start the watch settings. ALARM is displayed. Setting a[...]

B 42 C 43 Time of day Measure mode Exercise recording mode Setting tips Swap time 1 or time 2 In the T ime of day display press and hold the down button. T ime 1 or T ime 2 is displayed in the uppermost row for a couple of seconds. Displayed time will now be used in all watch and alarm functions. If you chose time 2, “2” is displayed in the T i[...]

C 45 C 44 3. Start from the T ime of day display by pressing the OK to start measuring your heart rate. A heart symbol will start flashing and your heart rate in beats per minute will appear in max. 15 seconds. Y ou have now entered to the Measure mode. The receiver returns automatically to the T ime of day display within 5 minutes if there is no h[...]

C 47 C 46 If you are starting from the T ime of day display , press and hold OK. Exercise information will be stored in an exercise file only when the stopwatch is running. The ongoing recording is indicated with a graphic bar that runs continuously on the display . If your preset exer cise requires cycling settings , Set Bike is displayed for a fe[...]

C 49 C 48 The following functions can be used during all three optional Exercise modes. Illuminating the display Press the signal/light button. After you use backlight once in the Measure mode, Polar S510 automatically illuminates the display if you: start or stop the exercise session, store lap information and at the end of an interval and a recov[...]

C 51 C 50 Swapping the displayed exercise information There are four display options, which you can swap between by pressing the down button. Once you have configured the display options, Polar S510 saves the settings. If the Help function is on, the name of the selected function appears for a few seconds. Stopwatch Time of day T ime of day Stopwat[...]

C 53 C 52 Starting an exercise set 1. Start from the T ime of day display . Press OK to enter the Measure mode. 2. If you want to swap the preset exercise set, press and hold the up button until the exercise set (E1-E5) is swapped. Release. Repeat until desired exercise set is displayed. 3. T o start exercising and recording the preset exercise typ[...]

C 55 C 54 Interval session 1. First Preset heart rate limits 2 (if set on). 2. Then One of the following is displayed depending on your settings: A. manual, B. time-based, C. heart-rate-based interval or D. distance-based interval. A. Manual interval Number of set intervals. Current interval number . If you selected manual interval your interval wi[...]

C 57 C 56 Or C. Distance-based recovery Recovery countdown distance. Current heart rate. At the end of recovery A. and B. Or C. Recovery duration. Recovery distance. Drop in your heart rate. Cool-down phase 1. First Preset heart rate limits 3 (if set on). 2. Then Countdown timer 3. Heart rate information. Countdown timer starts running if you have [...]

C 59 C 58 Stopping the exercise Tips during the exercise Checking the heart rate limits and illuminating the display Bring the wrist receiver near the transmitter’ s Polar logo. The backlight is turned on for a couple of seconds. The current heart rate limits of the exercise are displayed. Swapping the exercise type (E0 or E1 - E5) In the Measure[...]

D 61 D 60 D. HOW TO RECALL TRAINING INFORMA TION T ime of Day File Options Fit. T est Connect F6 F5 F4 F3 F2 F1 The Polar S510 starts saving your exercising information as you start the stopwatch in the Exercise mode. Y ou can recall the information in the File mode. The Polar S510 stores one complete training file at a time. Y our latest exercise [...]

D 63 D 62 Complete File Exe. T ime Recovery Exe. Dist Speed Cadence Limits InZone1 InZone2 InZone3 KCal T ot. KCal T ot. Time Rid. T ime Odometer EXE. SET LAPS Lap 99 Lap 1 Best Lap CoolDown Interval WarmUp Reco 30 Int 30 Reco 1 Int 1 • Move forward and backward within file loops with up or down buttons. • Press OK to enter a file or to enter a[...]

D 65 D 64 Cadence information* (Cad. Avg/ Max) Average and maximum cadence of the exer cise alternate. Heart rate limits 1, 2 and 3 (Limits 1/ Limits 2/ Limits 3) Settings of the heart rate limits alternate on the display . Limits 1 are used for target heart rate zone 1, limits 2 for zone 2 and limits 3 for zone 3. Exercise time within, above and b[...]

D 67 D 66 Start with the display showing Interval. Continue recalling more detailed information on your Interval phase. 1. Press OK to see details of each interval and recovery . 2. Scroll up or down between intervals and recoveries. 3. T o return to the interval phase display press the stop button. Interval phase Interval phase duration. Average h[...]

D 68 E 69 E. CONNECTION TO COMPUTER Resetting your cumulative counts to zero Once your have reset the cumulative count you cannot retrieve it. Start with the display showing T ot. KCal, T ot. Time, Rid. T ime or Odometer . 1. Press OK to start resetting the desired total count. Reset appears and the value starts to flash. 2. Press and hold the down[...]

E 70 E 71 T o be able to transfer the recorded training information via SonicLink™ and to analyse it with PC Coach Light software version 3.0 or later , you need a personal computer with a sound card and microphone. T o make sure that the training information transfer will be successful, check that there are no interfering sounds near the compute[...]

E 72 F 73 If the data transfer was unsuccessful bring the receiver closer to the loudspeakers or turn the volume level of the loudspeakers up. Interrupt the data transfer to the computer by pressing the stop button during data transfer . CONNECT is displayed. OwnIndex OwnIndex is a value which is comparable to maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ), a co[...]

F 74 F 75 If you want to improve your cardiovascular fitness, it takes a minimum of 6 weeks on an average to see a noticeable change in OwnIndex. Less fit individuals see progress even more rapidly and for more fit individuals more time is needed. The better the cardiovascular fitness of an individual, the smaller the improvements in OwnIndex. Card[...]

F 76 F 77 T o be able to carry out the Polar Fitness T est you need to do the following settings in the Options mode: • Set your personal user information and long-term physical activity level. • Set the Polar Fitness T est on. • Set the HR max -p on if you want to get a prediction of your maximum heart rate. 1. In the T ime of day display sc[...]

F 78 F 79 Interrupt the test • Y ou can stop the test any time during the test by pressing the stop button. Failed TEST is displayed for a few seconds. The latest OwnIndex and HR max -p are not replaced. If the wrist receiver does not succeed in receiving your heart rate at the beginning or during the test, the test will fail. Check that the tran[...]

F 80 G. CARE AND MAINTENANCE Y our Polar heart rate monitor is a high-tech instrument of superior design and workmanship and should be tr eated with care. The suggestions below will help you fulfill the warranty obligations and enjoy this product for many years to come. T aking care of your Polar heart rate monitor • Wash the transmitter regularl[...]

Batteries Polar T61 transmitter The estimated average battery life of the Polar T61 transmitter is 2500 hours of use. Contact your distributor/ dealer for a transmitter replacement. Polar recycles used transmitters. See your Customer Care Charter for detailed instructions. Polar S510 wrist receiver The estimated average battery life of the Polar S5[...]

Electromagnetic interference Disturbances may occur near high voltage power lines, traffic lights, overhead lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor driven exercise equipment, cellular phones or when you walk through electric security gates. Exercise equipment Several pieces of exe[...]

If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with the skin, check the Polar heart rate monitor materials from the “T echnical specifications” chapter . It is recommended that you wear the transmitter against your bare skin to ensure flawless operation. However , if you wish to wear the transmitter over a shirt, moisten the shirt[...]

...there is no heart rate r eading (- -)? 1. Check that the electrodes of the transmitter are moistened and that you are wearing it as instructed. 2. Check that you have kept the transmitter clean. 3. Check that you are not near other people that have heart rate monitors, high voltage power lines, televisions, mobile phones or other sources of elec[...]

1. Press the RESET button with a pen tip. Display becomes full of digits. If you don’t press any button after reset within one minute the wrist receiver goes to the T ime of day display . 2. Press any of the buttons once. The time of day is displayed. ...the battery of the wrist receiver must be r eplaced? We recommend having all service done by [...]

Polar heart rate monitor is designed to indicate the level of physiological strain and intensity in sports and exer cise. No other use is intended or implied. Heart rate is displayed as number of heartbeats per minute (bpm). Polar transmitter Battery type: Built-in Lithium Cell Battery life: Average 2500 hours of use Operating temperature: -10 ° C[...]

Default Settings T ime of day 24h Alarm OFF Date of Birth 0 (adjustable range for year is 1921 - 2020) Sex Male W eight 0 (kg) Height 0 (cm) Activity Low HR max 220-age VO 2max male (Male) 45 female (Female) 35 Bike 1/2 OFF Wheel size for bike 1 2000 Wheel size for bike 2 2100 Cadence, autostart OFF Activity sound On Units 1 Help On OwnCal OFF Fitn[...]

• The material in this manual is for informational purposes only . The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice, due to the manufacturer’ s continuous development program. • Polar Electro Oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein. Polar Electr[...]

Interval training : Seeks to improve your race pace with different periods of work and rest. Maximal oxygen uptake : (maximal aerobic power , VO 2max ) Is the maximal rate at which oxygen can be used by the body during maximal work. VO 2max is a good index of aerobic fitness. Maximum heart rate : (HR max ) Is the highest number of heart beats per m[...]

Display texts CONNECT : Communication mode between wrist receiver and computer . Cont : Up to 30 intervals succeed one another unless the Interval phase is manually stopped. CoolDown : Cool-down phase at the end of an interval training exercise. E0: BasicUse settings. E1-E5 : Indicates which exercise set you have used for the exercise. ExeSet : Sta[...]

M 103 weight, maximal oxygen uptake (VO 2max ) and maximum heart rate (HR max ). The most accurate OwnCal is received by entering your clinically measured (in maximal treadmill or bicycle stress test) VO 2max and HR max into the wrist receiver . Energy expenditure measurement is most accurate in continuous activities such as cycling and running. Re[...]

M 104 Index 12/ 24h time mode ................................. 41 Activity/button sound On/OFF .............. 38 Alarm settings ........................................ 4 0 Autostart On/OFF ................................... 36 BasicSet exercise .............................. 24, 57 Bike 1/2/OFF ............................................ 33 But[...]

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